BAYTOWN, Texas (Feb. 6) — As workers race towards completing the recently announced track resurfacing and return road upgrades, Royal Purple Raceway General Manager Seth Angel announced Tuesday additional enhancements that should be eagerly received by spectators attending the upcoming 31st annual NHRA SpringNationals at the historic facility just east of Houston.

BAYTOWN, Texas (Jan. 29) — After five months of serving as a massive storage facility for tens of thousands of flooded cars in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Royal Purple Raceway, site of the annual NHRA SpringNationals, will reopen March 2 with a brand-new race surface among many other facility upgrades and improvements.

Tickets to the 2018 NHRA SpringNationals, April 20- 22, 2018, are now on sale to the public. While many preferred seats were locked up for renewing race fans, there are still great seats available for those who didn’t get the opportunity to reserve their 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series experience.

Royal Purple Raceway benefits from incredible atmospheric conditions because of its proximity to Trinity Bay, which feeds the facility cool air. The track’s first NHRA national event, in fall 1988, established RPR as one of the sport’s quickest with NHRA’s first four-second Top Fuel quarter-mile pass and a new national record. Since then, the track…

Baytown, TX- Royal Purple Raceway, Southeast Texas largest multi-purpose motorsports facility, announced its calendar of race events for the 2018 season. The schedule is highlighted by the 31st Anniversary NHRA SpringNationals, April 20-22, 2018. NHRA race tickets go on sale next month.

The affects of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey have created unprecedented damage on Houston and other Gulf communities both in Texas and Louisiana. Members of the NHRA community can donate resources to those in the affected areas in a number of ways.

BAYTOWN, Texas (Sept. 1) — Royal Purple Raceway, site of the annual NHRA SpringNationals, will suspend all drag racing activities through the end of the year to help in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

Utilizing its gigantic footprint in the Houston suburb of Baytown, Royal Purple Raceway will become a temporary storage facility for…

The exclusive renewal period for the NHRA SpringNationals, April 20 – 22, 2018, has begun and will extend for a limited time through Friday, September 29, 2017. Account Holders are eligible to renew the same seats from 2017 and will have access to the lowest ticket pricing available.